Means for packaging for mailing or shipping



Aug. 15, 1961 H. P. SHERMAN 2,996,176

MEANS FOR PACKAGING FOR MAILING OR SHIPPING I Filed 001:. 8, 1959 UnitedStates Patent 2,996,176 MEANS FOR PACKAGING FOR MAILING 0R SHIPPINGHerbert P. Sherman, 724 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago 6, I1]. Filed Oct.8, 1959, Ser. No. 845,146 1 Claim. (Cl. 206-46) This invention relatesto improvements in means for packaging, for mailing or shipping.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide improved means forpackaging a collapsible tube or the like for mailing or shipping.

Another object of this invention is to provide a packaging container fora collapsible tube, which assumes the shape of the collapsible tube andwithin which the tube is locked, and which provides a substantiallyrigid protective enclosure for the collapsible tube.

Another object of this invention is to provide a pack aging container ofthe foregoing character which is inexpensive and which takes upsubstantially no more room in the carton than the collapsible tube.

Other objects will become apparent as this description progresses.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is an enlarged view of the cylindrical container before thecollapsible tube is inserted.

FIGURE 2 is a top plan view of FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 3 is a view partly in cross-section, showing the collapsible tubelocked within the container.

FIGURE 4 is a side elevational view of FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 5 is a bottom plan View of FIGURE 3, and

FIGURE 6 is a view of a conventional collapsible tube adapted to bepackaged in accordance with this invention.

The collapsible tube to be packaged in accordance with this invention isdesignated by the numeral 10 and same is of conventional constructionand is of the type commonly used for packaging tooth paste or otherpaste materials and the like, although in connection with this inventionthe tube will be used principally for containing inks, in paste form andthe like. The collapsible tube 10 is made preferably of lead or metaland has a threaded neck 12 which opens at the top to form the dischargeoutlet. A cap 14 is removably secured to the neck -12, as is wellunderstood. When the tube 10 is initially filled with the paste ink, theopen end of the neck 12 is sealed or covered so that the contents willremain in the tube until same is punctured. This is well understood.

The cylindrical mailing tube or carton within which the aforementionedcollapsible tube 10 is inserted is generally designated by the numeral16 and same is open at one end designated at 18. The cylindrical tube isclosed at the opposite end by an end wall 20 which is shaped as bestshown in FIGURES 1 and 2.

The end wall 20 has a raised annular portion 22, the upper portion ofwhich is turned over and crimped, as at 24, to the upper edge of thecylindrical tube 16 so as to be permanently secured thereto. The endwall 20 is below the top or outer end of the cylindrical tube. The endwall 20 is provided with a central opening 26 of a size to accommodatethe neck 12 of the collapsible tube 10.

Before inserting the collapsible tube in the container 16, the cap 14 isunthreaded and removed from the neck 12 of the collapsible tube. Thecollapsible tube .10 is inserted through the open end 18 of thecylindrical tube Patented Aug. 15, 1961 and the threaded neck 12 passesthrough the opening 26 in the end wall 20. The cap 14 is then secured tothe threaded neck 12 and this will draw the collapsible tube 10 tightlyagainst the end wall 28 and hold same in a locked position. It will beseen that the top of the cap 14 is below the top or end of thecylindrical container so that same will be within the confines of thecylindrical container 16.

The opposite open end 18 of the cylindrical container is pressedtogether, as best shown in FIGURES 3, 4 and 5, so that the oppositewalls at the lower end taper inwardly as at 27 and they are generallyparallel to each other at the bottom as at 28. They are stapled togetherby staples 30, or same may be secured by other fastening means. Thelower end of the cylindrical container flares outwardly at the bottom asindicated at 29.

It will be seen that by compressing or deformnig the lower or open endof the cylindrical container 16, said container assumes substantiallythe shape of the collapsible tube and provides a protective enclosurefor the collapsible tube. Also, the lower end of the collapsible tube 10is positioned between the tapering lower ends of container 16. By virtueof the upper locking of tube 10 and the lower tapering ends, asdescribed, the tube 10 is irnmovably fixed in relation to cylindricalcontainer 16.

It will be noted that the collapsible tube 10 is locked in position andwill not become loose inside the cylindrical container 16 duringtransit. It may be readily removed from the cylindrical container foruse. The individual units hereinabove described are then placed in acarton for shipment.

It will be understood that various changes and modifications may be madefrom the foregoing without departing from the spirit and scope of theappended claim.

I claim:

A package of the character described comprising a cylindrical containerwith a cylindrical wall having an open end at one end of same and an endwall adjacent the opposite end for closing the opposite end of saidcontainer, said end wall being offset inwardly from the outer end ofsaid container, said end wall having a central opening, a collapsibletube having a threaded neck inserted inside said container through theopen end of the container with said threaded neck extending through saidcentral opening, said collapsible tube having a closure cap, saidclosure cap being secured to said threaded neck so that said cap engagesthe end wall and draws the tube against said end wall to lock said tubeinside said container to prevent movement of said tube relative to saidcontainer, the cylindrical wall of said cylindrical container adjacentthe open end being pressed together to collapse same so that saidcollapsed wall generally assumes the shape of the lower end of thecollapsible tube, and means for securing the pressed-together ends ofthe collapsed wall.

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